notice
- exemption categories have been
significantly reduced & simplified as the Scratch Players World
Amateur Ranking
(SPWAR)
covers
all possible events of any significance anywhere in the world.
That means USA collegiate golf is completely covered anywhere in any possible division.
Any
other possible medium one could play at any age is also covered within
the most accurate ranking of amateurs in golf history.

The only possible
exception is for juniors and others exempt for the current US Amateur which is why those exemption criteria remain.
For any human being alive not meeting stipulated exemption criteria, they must
either submit a request for an exemption or enter to qualify if
eligible
(Index of +0.1 or better).

AmateurRanking&Distinction
Exemptionsclick any linked
text below for more detail

This method of
qualifying significantly reduces the cost and
time committed to conducting independent
qualifying & facilitates
player convenience by
providing a way to
"kill two birds with one stone" with their limited time & resources.

No
golf entity worldwide has
more experience in
conducting tournament
qualifying than the USGA &
affiliated GA’s and utilizing this means of qualifying enables
virtually any
eligible player in the USA the
opportunity to conveniently qualify for the
SPC close to home.

Qualifying
Detail

You
are not eligible to qualify unless you have a credible Handicap Index of +0.1 or
better – no exceptions.

note–no
player without a plus Index (or international
equivalent)
has survived to the final round of any SPC ever

All
incomplete SPC qualifier entries are not accepted. All accepted SPC
qualifier entries are website posted
off the “Contestants
& Times” page no later than the date of receipt or
prior to the entry deadline, whichever is later. If your qualifier
entry is not posted by such time, it was not received or
not accepted. Qualifier entry fees ($30)
become non-refundable after the entry deadline whether such qualifier
entered the US Amateur timely or not.

Non-exempt entrants seeking to qualify for the SPC shall also be entered to
qualify for the '10US Amateur
with about 90 eligible qualifying sites nationwide from about 7/20 to
8/6. Any US Amateur qualifying site ending after 8/6 is not
eligible. Five maximum SPC qualifying spots are available if qualify for the
2010 US Amateur at
the Chambers Bay on August
21-29
(see detail below).

A maximum
of 5 spots in the SPC
are available via US Amateur
qualifying based on the SPC qualifier entrant's
performance in such US Amateur qualifying. All such Amateur qualifiers
who have timely entered
to qualify for the SPCmust qualify for the US Amateur to remain eligible to qualify for the
SPC. In the event more than 5 SPC
US Amateur qualifiers make the US Amateur championship field, first in
are all such US Amateur qualifying medalists, then the balance of the 5
total spots are determined by finish position as a percentage of such
qualifying fields including ties.
(As an example, an applicable SPC qualifier who finishes third in a start field
of 86 players would have a priority position over another
such qualifier at another site who finished third in a start field of 77
players.) If no more than 5 SPC
US Amateur
qualifiers actually qualify for the US Amateur field, all such
qualifiers make the SPC field.
If less than 5 SPC qualifiers actually qualify for the US Am, only
those who qualify make the SPC
field with the balance of the allocated spots going first to exempt SPC entrants who may be on a waiting list.
SPC qualifier entrants who qualify for the US Amateur but did not finish
in the top 5 of all SPC qualifier entrants will be treated as exempt
entrants on the waiting list.

note
– US
Amateur entry deadline is July 7th
(the
SPC is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the USGA or US Amateur)

SPC
qualifiers must submit a SPC entry that it is received at the San
Francisco address before the applicable first day of US Amateur
qualifying without exception. In other
words, you can not play in US Amateur qualifying
first, then enter the SPC after the fact claiming you
met the qualifying standard. It
does not matter that you would have qualified based on any year(s)
performance. It only matters how one does in any applicable qualifying
venue after a SPC
qualifier’s entry is received.
Furthermore, you must designate the specific eligible location of your
US Amateur qualifying site
(preferably the city and not the course).
If the SPC receives a qualifier entry without the
eligible location of such
player’s designated US
Amateur qualifying site, such entry will not be accepted –
no exceptions. Again, an "eligible"
US Am qualifying site is any ending before August 7.
The SPC
Tournament Committee is no
longer going to engage in any time
consuming activity to "perfect" your qualifying entry nor are we going to
search the results of all 100 US Amateur qualifying site results
nationwide to determine if you made it(in
other words, don’t assume we assume you are qualifying close to your
home or college address)

Contact the
SPC Tournament Chairman for any clarification on SPC qualifying.
If you do not seek such clarification, it is assumed that you fully
understand all matters pertaining to SPC qualifying and any subsequent
excuse for failure to comply is irrelevant. Successful SPC
qualifiers will be notified via email or phone immediately after
qualifying to forward entry fee balance due by 8/9/10
($30 to enter qualifying plus $200 more equals total entry fee of $230). Any SPC
qualifier failing to pay their balance due by 8/9 will be deemed to have
withdrawn and their spot will be immediately filled from the exempt
waiting list.

Alternates are, first, excess exempt entries received
(after first 85)
prior to the entry deadline, then players failing to qualify by one
stroke and so on. Alternate priority into the SPC will otherwise
be determined based on the alternate's tournament track record.
The Tournament Committee (TC) decisions on SPC selections due to
alternate ties are final.